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On a troubling fair use interaction and what it means, first published on The Society Pages. Every once in awhile I write something that hits a nerve and brings about a caustic response. One of the images I used to illustrate sexual objectification in breast cancer awareness campaigns in 2012 elicited, just recently, an angry message from the creator. Here . . . → Read More: Feminism, Furiousness, and Fair Use 
Evidence and controversy over Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) A recent string of articles in the media (and discussions in social media) have considered a particular type of breast cancer treatment called Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM). CPM involves the removal of both the breast where breast cancer cells have been found and the healthy breast on the other side. While . . . → Read More: Decision-making in the midst of medical un/certainty 
…between Bible Word-Finds and the Daily Wisdom for Dog Lovers planner…This is progress! Thank you to the dear Illinois reader who emailed this photo to me. It made my day. đ 
Physicians, scientists and others resist industry ire in debate over statins In the essay âIs This Science or Censorship?â I recounted how new guidelines advising use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins (medications like Lipitor, Crestor, Levacor and others) for the primary prevention of heart disease is at the center of heated debate. If the new guidelines are followed, it . . . → Read More: A Call for Elevated Science and Honorable Dialogue 
Some breast cancer treatments leave visible scars. Others, though common and devastating, are rendered invisible both by the medical frameworks that fail to document them and the public discussions that drown them out with rhetoric. Two taboo topics in breast cancer? sexuality and side effects. An anthropologist in Spain breaks the silence. Earlier this month, Ana Porroche-Escudero published an article . . . → Read More: Documenting the invisible scars of breast cancer treatment
There are two parts to this story. The first involves a scientific debate about new guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering drugs. The second is about threats to that scientific debate, as an industry heavyweight in support of the guidelines holds court in mass media to demand retraction of two research articles (published in the international medical journal, The BMJ) that argue . . . → Read More: Is This Science or Censorship? 
Tear up the pink ribbons… “…Campaign for honest information.â This recent, unexpected advice from the British Medical Journal comes after decades of debate over screening mammograms for average risk women. In response to campaigns in which women are encouraged to get mammograms (e.g, âIf you havenât had a mammogram, you need more than your breasts examinedâ), women tend to overestimate . . . → Read More: BCC Quarterly Is Out! (Issue 2) 
I recently did an NPR interview about the rise of commercial marketing strategies in relation to raising awareness of, and funds for, social causes. The focus was on the use of the “Boston Strong” slogan following the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2014. The first T-shirts with the Boston Strong motto were designed just hours after the . . . → Read More: The Cause Marketing Dilemma 
The phrase Boston Strong emerged almost immediately after last year’s marathon bombings as an unofficial motto of a city responding to tragedy. But now some are wondering whether the slogan is being overused. It’s almost as if people are using the Boston Strong brand to brand themselves, which raises a whole other concern that Boston Strong is not actually a . . . → Read More: A Year After Bombings, Some Say ‘Boston Strong’ Has Gone Overboard – NPR Interview 
Published on CNN by Gayle Sulik and Bonnie Spanier. (CNN) — Recently some friends were discussing whether early detection via screening mammography may not be the key to surviving breast cancer. Several women argued that despite the studies, they believe in mammograms, echoing many women who were treated for a screen-detected breast cancer and are alive to tell the story. . . . → Read More: Time to debunk the mammography myth |
"women urged to get screened because it might save their lives. But thatâs only 1 possible outcome, and itâs the least likely one" @cragcrest cutt.ly/jei8WJr 
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